Roofing



July 30, 1929. I R. c. NEPTUNE ROOFING Filed March 28, 1928 J06 flrv-om/ Y6.

Patented July 30, 1929.

UNITED RICHARD C. NEPTUNE,'OF MITCHELL, INDIANA; FEMMA WOOD NEPTU NE ADMIN- ISTRATRIX OF SAID RICHARD G. NEPTUNE, DECEASED.

ROOFING.

Application filed March 28, 1928. Serial No. 265,317.

My invention relates to roofing of the kind commonly referred to as prepared or ready roofing comprising long strips of roofing put up in rolls.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to produce a roll roofing having scored marginal portions adapted to be removed from said roofing to form ornamental edges thereon. Another object is to stop the scoring short of the outer end portion of the rolled rooting, whereby the unscored portion of said roofing is adapted to serve as a protective wrapper for the scored portions thereof during shipment. Another object is to produce a roll roofing which can be readily divided lengthwise into long strips of roofing having zigzag side marginal edges. Another object is to enable such separated strips to be matched when reversed end for end, thereby making it possible to cut the strips into sections having oblique ends when fitting roofs having hips or valleys, without waste of material.

The invention consists principally in a roll of ready or prepared roofing that is weakened by zigzag cuts or scores extending longitudinally thereof adjacent to and intermediate its side margins, whereby said roofing is adapted to be separated into strips having zigzag marginal edges. It also consists in terminating the scoring short of the outer end of the roll, whereby the unscored outer end portion of the roll serves as a as protective wrapper for the scored portion thereof. It also consists in the parts and in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms part of the specification, and wherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. 1 is a face view of a roll or strip of ready or prepared roofing embodying my invention with the outer end portion thereof nnrolled;

Fig. 2 is a view showing the manner in which the trapezoidal section that is to be removed from the main strip may be re versed end for end and fitted to a hip roof without Waste of material; and

Fig. 3 is a face view of a portion of ready or prepared roofing, showing a different arrangement of scoring.

Referring to theaccompanying drawing,

my roofing comprises a strip A of so-called prepared or ready roofing that is commonly put up and shipped in rolls. The strip or roll roofing shown in the drawing cut or otherwise weakened preferably by scoring zigzag lines 1 along both margins of said strip and a similar zigzag line 2 along the mid-line thereof. lirconscquence of this arrangement, the scored marginal portions at one side of the strip may be removed from the strip to form an ornamental edge along one side thereof; or, if desired both scored margins may be removed from the strip to form ornamental edges at both side margins of the strip, thereby making the strip reversible end for end.

The roofing may also be separated along the central longitudinal zigzag scoring 2 to form two sections of roofing 3, each section having an ornamental marginal edge formed by said. scoring, and an opposite marginal portion having a scored margin 4 adhering thereto, but in condition to be easily removed.

The sections 3 of the roll roofing may be laid in overlapping rows with the orna-- mental marginal edges produced by the line of scoringQ, exposed, and with the scored upper margins adhering thereto and concealed beneath the overlapping sheet.

When the sections 3 are used on a hip roof having ridges or valleys, it is necessary to cut off the end of the section along an oblique line to fit the ridge or valley of such roof, thereby leaving a trapezoidal section 5. In such event the scored portion-ad hering to one margin of the trapezoidal section 4 is removed, thereby forming ornamental edges along both margins of said section and thus permitting said section to be reversed end for end and used above the section from which it has been cut to start the next run without wasting any of the material.

As shown in the drawing, the marginal 100 and middle scorings 1 and 2, respectively, terminateshort of one end of the strip and the unscored end portion is located at the outer end of the rolled strip, thereby serving as a protective wrapper for the scored 105 ortion thereof during shipment.

WVhile I have described the strip of roofing as being weakened by scoring zigzag lines thereon, it is obvious that the strip may be weakened by perforations, and that 110 various shapes may be produced along the side edges of the strip by ditferent arrangements of scorings.

lVhat I claim is: 1. A roll of roofing roofing weakened by comprising a strip of scores which extend longitudinally of the strip adjacent to each side margin of said strip,,said scores leaving the margins adequately attached to the body of the strip for shipping purposes but rendering such margins readily separable from said body.

2. A roll of roofing comprising a strip of roofing weakened by scores which extend longitudinally of the strip adjacent to each side margin of said strip and intermediate between said side margins, said scores leaving the margins adequately attached to the body of the strip for shipping purposes but rendering such margins readily separable from said body.

3. A roll of roofing comprising a strip of rooting having side marginal portions integral therewith but weakened along zigzag lines whereby,.when the strip is unrolled, said margins are adapted for removal from said strip.

4. A roll of roofing comprising a strip of roofing weakened adjacent to its side marginsby scores which, when the strip is un-- rolled, permit portions of the side margins of said strip to be removed to form ornamental edges atthe sides thereof, said removable portions serving to protect such ornamental edges until removed from the strip.

5. A roll of rooting comprising a strip of roofing having zigzag scores therein w iich extend longitudinally of the strip from end to end thereof adjacent to each side margin of said strip and along the mid-line there of, whereby said strip is adapted, when unrolled, to be separated along said inid line into ginal edge and a scored margin adhering to the opposite edge but readily breakable therefrom.

6. A roll of roofing comprising a strip of roofing having scored marginal portions adapted to be detached from said strip, said scores terminating short of the outer end portion of said roll, whereby the unscored outer end portion of the rolled strip is adapted to form a protective wrapper for the scored portions thereof.

Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this 24th day of March, 1928.

RICHARD C. NEPTUNE.

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